as in myopic
able to see near things more clearly than distant ones
I am a little nearsighted and need to wear glasses to drive
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Recent Examples of nearsighted
The display's focus can also be manually adjusted to accommodate nearsighted users.
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Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2024
With presbyopia, the patient is neither nearsighted nor farsighted and requires no glasses for distance vision.
—Benjamin Botsford, CNN, 10 June 2024
With presbyopia, the patient is neither nearsighted nor farsighted and requires no glasses for distance vision.
—Benjamin Botsford, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
Babies are born nearsighted, able to see only about 10 to 12 inches away.
—Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
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Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2024
With presbyopia, the patient is neither nearsighted nor farsighted and requires no glasses for distance vision.
—Benjamin Botsford, CNN, 10 June 2024
With presbyopia, the patient is neither nearsighted nor farsighted and requires no glasses for distance vision.
—Benjamin Botsford, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
Babies are born nearsighted, able to see only about 10 to 12 inches away.
—Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
See All Example Sentences for nearsighted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nearsighted
Adjective
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That myopic move sadly eliminated $243,000, or more than 20 percent, of KSDS’s annual budget.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 July 2025
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Nielsen, who seemed to be channeling Jack Webb, Ronald Reagan, and Moe Howard at the same time, elevated cocksure befuddlement into a weird form of enlightenment, turning the myopic absence of self-awareness into comic gold.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Yes, subjectivity reigns here, but numbers like these should indicate how measuring happiness levels with things like income alone is shortsighted.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
1 July 2025
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Simply put, letting these credits lapse is fiscally shortsighted and economically reckless.—
Brewster Bevis,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2025
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“Nearsighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nearsighted. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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